Anne Hathaway says she's been "shamed and humiliated" after having to deny being pregnant
Actress recently had to clarify that she's gained weight for a film role.
Anne Hathaway is opening up about the intense body image scrutiny that she faces in the Hollywood limelight.
Last month, the Academy Award-winning actress got ahead of the tabloids by preemptively posting on Instagram that she was gaining weight for a film role, so as to avoid the press speculating that she's pregnant.
Now, Anne tells Glamour US that even having to justify weight fluctuations is mind-boggling, admitting: "I didn't feel like dealing with the pregnancy rumours.
"I find it bizarre that there's a storm to get ahead of, but I have a history of being shamed and humiliated, for a lot of different reasons."
Another topic broached during the interview was Hathaway's involvement in the #TimesUp movement, which aims to eliminate s-xual misconduct and the gender power imbalance in Hollywood.
"I've had a 20-year career and I've had some really, really bad experiences, but I've had a lot of great ones too — with members of both genders," she explained. "While they do not begin to approach the atrocious, galling stories others have shared in recent months, I have had negative on-set experiences, some of a s-xual nature.
"Some are from the beginning of my career, some are more recent — all are unacceptable."
Of her decision to join #TimesUp, the actress explained: "Being a 35-year-old cisgendered woman who has experienced the everyday, abusive imbalance of the world also made me want to be a part of a movement for change… I know the world can be far worse for others than it has been to me, but I suppose, like most everyone who has been hurt, I want to protect others from going through the worst of what I experienced.
"I want to help make what I consider the best of my experiences to be the norm, as it always should have been."
